6 Comments

  1. we had this very conversation over new year. Its all about tax revenue. They put on the graphic pictures toappease the anti smoking lobby (Ie: suggest they are ‘trying their best”( … I’ve heard people jokingly say “shall i have the ones with lung cancer or impotence today” – it stops no-one because they can’t afford to have people stop. If it worked there’d be pictures of fatty deposits around the heart on chocolate bars etc etc. I do however (as a none smoker , find it much more pleasant to go to pubs abd restaurants now smoking is banned but when i went on a hen weekend had to spend the entire night standing in the ‘smoking arena’ or be in a nightclub alone – 19 out of the 20 of us were smokers and they all had to have a fag every single time one of the others wanted one!!!!

    • Exactly – it’s a half measure that appeases the lobbyists without actually achieving anything!
      I can totally appreciate the whole smoking in pubs etc thing (although I do believe each landlord should have the option to be smoking or non-smoking) and certainly in restaurants – it’s definitely a good thing it’s banned anywhere that serves food! It doesn’t sound like much fun standing in the smoking area as a non-smoker though!

  2. YES!! I agree with this whole heartedly, and that picture is just ridiculous. I’m 19 and always known smoking is ‘bad’ but its my choice to do it and some silly picture, especially one like that, isn’t going to do anything.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.